Defence Minister

Shri Rajnath Singh Honourable Raksha Mantri Government of India My Dear Raksha Mantri, At the outset, please accept my sincere congratulations on your appointment as our Raksha Mantri. We wish you the very best in the successful execution...

Introduction The first-ever India-South Korea 2+2 dialogue is scheduled to take place after the formation of new government post Lok Sabha elections 2019. The defence secretaries of both the nations were expected to meet in...

  In 1957, while speaking on the defence budget in the Lok Sabha, well-known Gandhian J.B. Kripalani said, “The mounting expenses on the Army must be cut down. The followers of Gandhi and adherents of...

  New Delhi. The first bi-annual Commanders’ Conference of Indian Air Force (IAF) for the year 2019 began at the Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) in New Delhi on April 11. Chief of the Air Staff...

  NEW DELHI. The ships of First Training Squadron of Indian Navy (Sujata, Sarathi and Shardul) operating in the Southern Indian Ocean were diverted to Port Beira, Mozambique on March 20 based on request received...

  KOCHI. The year 2018-19 marks the Silver Jubilee of Indian Navy’s nodal centre for leadership studies, namely the Centre of Excellence in Ethics, Leadership and Behavioural Studies (CELABS). On March 14, 2019 a day-long...

  CHANDIPUR, Odisha. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired indigenously developed Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast on February 26. The two missiles were tested for...

Bengaluru. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 24 visited the site of fire incident of Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka Air Force Base and took stock of the situation. Officials from Indian Air Force,...

  BENGALURU. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the 12th biennial edition of International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition and declared the Aero India 2019 open amid a lot of fanfare at Air Force Station Yelahanka in...

  BENGALURU. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other senior officials from Indian Army and Indian Navy visited the stall of Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd (ADTPL) at Aero India in Bengaluru on February 20. The dignitaries...

  Bangalore. BEML Limited, a Mini Ratna Public Sector Undertaking, under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India (GoI) is participating in Asia’s premier bi-annual Airshow & Aviation Exhibition, Aero India 2019, which began at...

SANJAY SONI is the Managing Director of Izmo Limited. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), he focuses on defence production and new ventures. In conversation with Raksha Anirveda, Mr Soni talks at...

MEGATRENDS: Certain discernible megatrends are impacting the Defence, Security and Disaster Management firmament. The first is that there is a growing shift in global economic power from West to East. Secondly, the rate of...